Shogun Jo to the front of the pack

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His style and patience has a lot of upside on that fofitty. He Smoove widit. It's unfortunate he is taking extra time to mature compared to them brothers. But soon enough he will rejoin them in the top of the 450 class. Hope he doesn't end up on a Kawi though.

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10/6/2025 4:26am

Jo looked excellent on the 450.  Good things to come over the next few years.  

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10/6/2025 4:30am

I believe that after this weekend, no team has any doubts about how good Jo will be on a 450

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10/6/2025 6:58am

Kawi should have pushed hard to sign him a couple months. Probably too late to get him away from HRC now

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He'll stay at HRC.

Agree. There is no way they will ever let him go willingly.

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10/6/2025 12:18pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

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10/6/2025 12:22pm

It's worth remembering that he wasn't using the Lawrence chassis or the shock

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10/6/2025 12:25pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

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10/6/2025 12:39pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

Leemur891 wrote:

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front with Chase and Eli, but not sure if it will be enough to hang with the Hunter brothers.

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10/6/2025 1:01pm

It's worth remembering that he wasn't using the Lawrence chassis or the shock

According to Lars on the broadcast they literally just put a 450 engine in Jo's 250.

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10/6/2025 3:48pm Edited Date/Time 10/6/2025 3:51pm

Just the smoothest rider we've seen out there in recent times aside from Jett.
No surprise at all that the dude can ride a four fifty.

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10/6/2025 4:51pm

Far East Coast, is the real deal on a 450...Color me ultra impressed, his line choice and momentum on a 450 is so damn impressive. 

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10/6/2025 5:02pm

Far East Coast, is the real deal on a 450...Color me ultra impressed, his line choice and momentum on a 450 is so damn impressive. 

Pretty sure I heard he only had 4 days on the 450, too. Which makes it all the more impressive. Talk about a guy driving up the price of his stock right when his contract is up. 

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10/6/2025 5:21pm

It's worth remembering that he wasn't using the Lawrence chassis or the shock

According to Lars on the broadcast they literally just put a 450 engine in Jo's 250.

They claimed on the broadcast that Jo was using Jets spare bike. Saying if Jet needed one, Hunters was similar and could be swapped to Jets spec easily. 

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10/6/2025 5:34pm

It's worth remembering that he wasn't using the Lawrence chassis or the shock

According to Lars on the broadcast they literally just put a 450 engine in Jo's 250.

skypig wrote:
They claimed on the broadcast that Jo was using Jets spare bike. Saying if Jet needed one, Hunters was similar and could be swapped to Jets...

They claimed on the broadcast that Jo was using Jets spare bike. Saying if Jet needed one, Hunters was similar and could be swapped to Jets spec easily. 

Yeah that's what I heard. Weird thing is in Australia you can't just switch any bike. You have your bike and a registered secondary bike. 

So if Jetts got smoked I don't think he could just switch to one or the other. So I was a little confused when the broadcast was discussing this. 

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10/6/2025 5:40pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

Leemur891 wrote:

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front...

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front with Chase and Eli, but not sure if it will be enough to hang with the Hunter brothers.

The assumption that X rider did well, so that means Y rider will do even better when moving up is a straight up ridiculous take.

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10/6/2025 5:48pm

It's worth remembering that he wasn't using the Lawrence chassis or the shock

According to Lars on the broadcast they literally just put a 450 engine in Jo's 250.

skypig wrote:
They claimed on the broadcast that Jo was using Jets spare bike. Saying if Jet needed one, Hunters was similar and could be swapped to Jets...

They claimed on the broadcast that Jo was using Jets spare bike. Saying if Jet needed one, Hunters was similar and could be swapped to Jets spec easily. 

I heard both theories. Very interesting. 

Joe did awesome this weekend. Im super pumped for him.

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10/6/2025 5:58pm

Jo looked super impressive for it being his fifth day on the bike. He definitely exceeded my expectations. 

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10/6/2025 6:06pm

Jo is doing great, his riding is fantastic and getting better. His PR and personality is leaving his main competition in the dark ages. 

Go Jo!

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10/6/2025 6:11pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

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10/6/2025 6:23pm
Leemur891 wrote:

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front...

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front with Chase and Eli, but not sure if it will be enough to hang with the Hunter brothers.

SoCalMX70 wrote:

The assumption that X rider did well, so that means Y rider will do even better when moving up is a straight up ridiculous take.

two totally different riding styles too 

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10/6/2025 6:39pm

If Jo did that well, it should translate to give us an idea of how well Deegan will do on the 450.

Leemur891 wrote:

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front...

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front with Chase and Eli, but not sure if it will be enough to hang with the Hunter brothers.

its doesn't translate. so you can move on from that thought process Smile  

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10/6/2025 6:48pm

At this point HRC could have the 3 fastest guys on a 450 in 2 years. 

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10/6/2025 6:56pm

Any of you know it alls want to put some money on it then?  That Deegan will beat Shimoda on the 450?  Seems like a lot of you will take big bets on this one, claiming it won't carry over.  Who wants to bet?

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10/6/2025 6:57pm

Typical Deegan fan inferiority complex ^

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Leemur891 wrote:

It won’t translate because Jo can’t speak English

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front...

Deegan has spanked Shimoda multiple times, with Jo getting him back on occasion.  If that translates to their 450 rides, Deegan should be right up front with Chase and Eli, but not sure if it will be enough to hang with the Hunter brothers.

SoCalMX70 wrote:

The assumption that X rider did well, so that means Y rider will do even better when moving up is a straight up ridiculous take.

Want to bet some money then?  I'm confident Deegan will beat Shimoda consistently on the 450 just like he does on the 250.

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